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Dining with John: Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and Its Historical and Cultural Context: 109
Author(s): Esther Kobel (Author)
- Publisher: BRILL
- Publication Date: 11 Nov. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 392 pages
- ISBN-10: 9789004217782
- ISBN-13: 9789004217782
Book Description
This book provides an analysis of the role of food, drink and meals in the Fourth Gospel, in the formation of early Christian identity, and of the historical circumstances in which Johannine meal practices may have developed.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Das Buch bietet der feministischen Theologie einen reichen Schatz an Methoden und Materialien, um über das Essen und Trinken in biblischen Texten auch aus Geschlechterperspektive neu nachzudenken.”
Tania Oldenhagen
About the Author
Esther Kobel, Dr. theol. (2010), University of Basel, Switzerland, is Post-Doctoral Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Basel.
